The latest on Hurricane Sandy

9:02 PM,
Oct. 29, 2012

Curious onlookers get a closer look at rising water from the Hudson River as it overtakes a bank drive-through in Edgewater, N.J., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 as Hurricane Sandy lashed the East Coast. The powerful storm made the westward lurch and took dead aim at New Jersey and Delaware on Monday, washing away part of the Atlantic City boardwalk, putting the presidential campaign on hold and threatening to cripple Wall Street and the New York subway system with an epic surge of seawater. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Written by

JJ Hensley
| The Republic|azcentral.com

The weather event that disrupted life and set the eastern seaboard on edge was downgraded to a "post-tropical storm" as it made landfall in New Jersey early Monday evening.

Forecasts still predicted the storm, originally known as Hurricane Sandy, would batter the area with sustained winds of up to 85 mph and widespread flooding as the massive formation moved inland.

It was flooding from the storm that sparked the most concern in Manhattan as high waters caused power outages, rushed through the city's tunnels and forced the closure of one of the nation's busiest airports. ...